Now that the "Faut que ça grioulle!" camp is over, participants are putting their learned skills to use.
The program, which ran from Jan. 10 to 11, had teen and adult participants discuss personal and professional finances.
The recent event began with a tour of the community facilities at Credit Union Place in Summerside. They then role-played during a fictional fundraising event.
The next day, entrepreneurial finance specialist Ron Robichaud of Kentville, N.S., began his workshop with a presentation on managing personal finances. Specifically, this allowed youth participants to learn how they can immediately practice how they can better manage their financial situation.
The second portion of the training focused more on entrepreneurial finances and was more applicable to those who will one day become entrepreneurs. Among other things, they learned how to interpret financial statements and make sound decisions to achieve their financial goals.
Apart from this, the young people talked about the development, implementation or progress of their citizen engagement project that they are required to establish or support in their community. Some of the areas their projects will address include mental health, healthy eating, physical activity, identity building and supporting families in need.
Their next camp, to be held in the Charlottetown area March 7-8, will focus on civic engagement.
“Faut que ça grouille!” is a citizen engagement initiative led by RDÉE Prince Edward Island and funded by Employment and Social Development Canada through its Canada Service Corps.
